ABSTRACT
Before I begin, I have to tell you that this chapter has a special significance for me. It is an admission paper to a very exclusive club called “Gerontocracy,” those who have remained creative in old age. So far, its members are Sophocles, Goethe, Verdi, Bertrand Russell, and George Bernard Shaw. Since I am nearly 100 at the time of this writing, I am entitled to membership, but only if this chapter is good enough.
